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and now a home in washington state is the setting for a new beginning. cynthia bowers now with the story of the baker family plus three. >> reporter: when the bakers and their newest children finally arrived home to hugs this week... >> hi, lili. >> reporter:. >> reporter: ...it was the end of a surreal journey for thamar, davidson and lili. three of the orphans airliftd from the earthquake now about to start a new life on solid ground and in soft beds. >> welcome home. >> reporter: even though haiti may be a world away, nat and chris baker have devoted years to the impoverished island nation. >> every time we traveled to haiti we see kids on the street hungry and hurting and alone and scared. that breaks my heart. every child deserves a chance. >> reporter: five years ago, they adopted a girl from haiti, a new sister for their two biological sons. kimberly's mother was too poor to raise her. on a return visit a few years later, kimberly's mom begged the bakers to save her other three children, too. although these kids have only come 3,200 miles, they ma
and now a home in washington state is the setting for a new beginning. cynthia bowers now with the story of the baker family plus three. >> reporter: when the bakers and their newest children finally arrived home to hugs this week... >> hi, lili. >> reporter:. >> reporter: ...it was the end of a surreal journey for thamar, davidson and lili. three of the orphans airliftd from the earthquake now about to start a new life on solid ground and in soft beds. >> welcome...
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jeff. >> glor: kimberly dozier with another busy day in washington. kimberly, thank you. joining me to put the political and economic news of this week in focus are jill schlessinger, editor at large of "cbsmone "cbsmoneywatch.com, and political analyst john dickerson in washington. good evening to both of you, john, was this the president's worst week yet? >> it was a very bad week for the president. his signature domestic policy program, health care, looks like it is now dead balls of the election of scott brown in massachusetts. that election was was also an embarrassment for the president and democrats to lose in their stronghold of massachusetts. republicans are now emboldened, so the president is facing a tough week trying to battle back now with the state of the union ahead of him. that is also not going to be easy. >> glor: jill, let me ask, what happened to the markets this week? how much of that is politics and how much of that is the markets doing what they were going to do anyway? >> part of it is politics because i think the president came out and announced t
jeff. >> glor: kimberly dozier with another busy day in washington. kimberly, thank you. joining me to put the political and economic news of this week in focus are jill schlessinger, editor at large of "cbsmone "cbsmoneywatch.com, and political analyst john dickerson in washington. good evening to both of you, john, was this the president's worst week yet? >> it was a very bad week for the president. his signature domestic policy program, health care, looks like it is now...
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bob orr joining us from our washington bureau with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> so tell us why then are we raising this threat level, what prompted it in the uk? >> reporter: essentially the move by british officials yesterday to raise the terror threat level mirrors the security changes that the u.s. has imposed since that attempted christmas day bombing of northwest flight 253. beginning now in london airline passengers are facing more rigorous screening especially for explosives. officials are concerned about persistent streams of intelligence indicating that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula continues to train sued side bombers and plans new attacks against western targets. they say the chatter level is high and terror operatives recently arrested have spoken in general terms about some kind of plot involving airplanes originating out of england. but this is important to stress that we know of no specific information right now that any kind of attack is imminent either in the uk or the u.s. it is true that more and
bob orr joining us from our washington bureau with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> so tell us why then are we raising this threat level, what prompted it in the uk? >> reporter: essentially the move by british officials yesterday to raise the terror threat level mirrors the security changes that the u.s. has imposed since that attempted christmas day bombing of northwest flight 253. beginning now in london airline passengers are facing more rigorous...
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bonus situation1-1 for mike washington. hits e first. let's go to cara. >> john wall just chcke back intohe tme. he has a right knee ctusion is toughing thour it. demarcus cusins lost part of his tw o fro teeth early in wn. at was the injury, guys. he wil get to the denstti after te ballgame. >> eric: wow! re ty hemsingisto begin wih? partially loose or? >> bob: he got hi at ginng of the game ad came back andook a chargeadgt hit agai his nowmanstepped in his ace. a tough day as fars anjuries but heure is lapyngi well. >>r: keucky eads by a nch. and now even more. they are up by 21. side dariusm ler he's nogot ve points. rkans played close to 15 mites and they had jt one assi haven had'ta lot of field als to assisot n but just no assist. bobthey have gotten the ball to the paintency of times but the sothave been blked. 7 bloks in the paint. that is 14 points f they were layins. got to creditentuky defens theyre everywhere. you can get in agamel ke this and seems like there is 6r 7 gu ouhere playingdfense. uak tthe ball toth basket, soe is
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here, marching on washington. reminding us that the constitution says that we all have the right to life. thank you. for your courage, your dedication, and most of all, for loving america and loving our lord. god bless you. god bless the indicted states of america. may god protect the unborn. >> good afternoon. i am from the state of pennsylvania. it is such an honor to join some many champions better here fighting to defend life as we speak -- to defend life. as we speak, abortion has increased since 10 years ago. the abortionists are losing. we stand a gather on this day and every day for those that have no voice. for those whose basic right to be born has been cruelly denied. we stand here today with the principles put forth formally and soundly by the founders of the nation that every american, born, and yet to be born, has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. they defend the right to life. thank you for the privilege of marching with you today, and god bless the unborn. >> thank you very
here, marching on washington. reminding us that the constitution says that we all have the right to life. thank you. for your courage, your dedication, and most of all, for loving america and loving our lord. god bless you. god bless the indicted states of america. may god protect the unborn. >> good afternoon. i am from the state of pennsylvania. it is such an honor to join some many champions better here fighting to defend life as we speak -- to defend life. as we speak, abortion has...
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washington post live weekend returns. a brgen fi'm k, daug sch is awa oula vnven me plr al d meat pareouse. ing ally y hu def p ths m sc ld w ure he i s tls oon way the. i kat t a p donw also. i was reading in california, we have the state legislature has passed a special week celebrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>> it is january you can feel the madness intensifying to the surprising cavs and this area is booming. and breaking down the area teams. >>> you know hoops in the area you grew up around here. virginia is doing it and we'll see about maryland. this is hard to beat. >> no question. and i think they have a chance to make the tournament, that will make it happy. i owe it. >> and a couple with the terps and to help themselves, they got cincinnati and wisconsin in the early season tournament and a lot to william and mary. it's not that bad. how do they shake it up. what do they do in conference play to catch it? >> in my opinion they have to win some games and more pornly, ivan, all of the teams that you mentioned, they
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. >> each year, the washington center brings thousands of students to washington d.c. to experience the workings of our government firsthand. this weekend, they will discuss politics, government, and their futures. sunday night at 8 on c-span. >> this week, a conversation with the new president of the national association of broadcasters, a former oregon senator gordon smith. se6 to 2008. our guest reporter is the washington bureau chief of broadcasting and cable magazine. i want to start with the supreme court decision this week. i will ask you what their ruling on campaign finance means to your members. >> i probably should admit i never voted for mccain fine gold, so i think it is a big decision for freedom of speech. oddly, you cannot get on tv or radio without paying for it. broadcasters have a lot of cost in production and content. the american people rely on their tv and radios. ultimately, i suspect there will be more political advertising, but i think the best part of the ruling was full disclosure. i think the more that is disclosed to the american people --
. >> each year, the washington center brings thousands of students to washington d.c. to experience the workings of our government firsthand. this weekend, they will discuss politics, government, and their futures. sunday night at 8 on c-span. >> this week, a conversation with the new president of the national association of broadcasters, a former oregon senator gordon smith. se6 to 2008. our guest reporter is the washington bureau chief of broadcasting and cable magazine. i want to...
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we gathered them in a room in washington. and we said to them, what we don't want to happen is -- we use the taxpayer money to get high-speed rail going and then we have equipment built somewhere else. we want it built in america by american workers. [applause] >> so we have companies from other countries, france, spain, germany and asia in america today looking at facilities. looking at opportunities where our train sets and our infrastructure can be built in america. and it will be. and it'll be using our workers who know how to manufacture. and that will be a real boon, i think, to our economy and send a good message that our people know how to -- you know, how to build trains. and also the infrastructure for that. so we're just at the starting point. but the future is very bright for this. >> yeah. i've got three grandchildren i'll just leave with this. and i know that they'll be in their productive years in the 40s and 50s. and if we don't get started now -- and we appreciate the beginnings, the strong beginnings of the
we gathered them in a room in washington. and we said to them, what we don't want to happen is -- we use the taxpayer money to get high-speed rail going and then we have equipment built somewhere else. we want it built in america by american workers. [applause] >> so we have companies from other countries, france, spain, germany and asia in america today looking at facilities. looking at opportunities where our train sets and our infrastructure can be built in america. and it will be. and...
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and how washington has worked. there's a huge wave of populist sentiment right now among both democrats and republicans. to a lot of members, the federal reserve symbolize this is belief that wall street got bailed out and main street didn't, and really more broadly, bernanke, whether rightly or wrongly, has kind of become this lightning rod for the economic turmoil of recent years, the mortgage crisis, the stimulus, the bailout, and now the 10% unemployment rate. host: when people put criticisms against mr. bernanke do, they mention specifics or just, in general, his overall philosophy of governing? guest: well, from the left, the specifics go more toward mortgage regulation and some of the failures that the fed had before the crisis, in predicting the crisis, and kind of protecting against it. the mortgage policies that we had that fed the boom, and in some cases, the fed has responsibility over those policies and could have done more, and the fed has acknowledged it could have done more to prevent that. there's
and how washington has worked. there's a huge wave of populist sentiment right now among both democrats and republicans. to a lot of members, the federal reserve symbolize this is belief that wall street got bailed out and main street didn't, and really more broadly, bernanke, whether rightly or wrongly, has kind of become this lightning rod for the economic turmoil of recent years, the mortgage crisis, the stimulus, the bailout, and now the 10% unemployment rate. host: when people put...
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thousands rallied washington in the annual "march forife". it was the 37th anniveary of the supreme courdecision of roe v. wade that legaled aborti. the anti-abortion crowd ralld at the white hse, and then moved on tthe supreme court. a handl of abortion rights supporte were also present. downpours sed today as the latest pacific storm med out of southern california. the risk for mudslides and flooding remained, especiall for residents inhe foothills of thean gabriel mountains. a state emergency was clared in five counties afte nearly ten incheof rain this week. still,ocal officials said many evacuation orders in los anges county will soon be fted. those are me of the day's main stories. i'll be ck at the end of the program with a preview of at you'll find toght on the newshour's web sit but for now, bacto jim. >> lehrer: and sll to come on the newsur: shlds and brooks; d who's in charge of the internet? that follows a rdown of a remarkab few days in politics. judy woodrf has the story. cheers and applause >> woodruf president obama ended ono
thousands rallied washington in the annual "march forife". it was the 37th anniveary of the supreme courdecision of roe v. wade that legaled aborti. the anti-abortion crowd ralld at the white hse, and then moved on tthe supreme court. a handl of abortion rights supporte were also present. downpours sed today as the latest pacific storm med out of southern california. the risk for mudslides and flooding remained, especiall for residents inhe foothills of thean gabriel mountains. a...
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government, which of course talk about on january 1, 1959, guantanamo was viewed by both washington and havana with concern. castro believed that a u.s. invasion might begin at guantanamo. at various times, particularly during the cuban missile crisis, washington feared that the cubans with soviet encouragement and possible assistance might attack the base. there was also concern that if the united states ever decided to leave guantanamo, that it might become a soviet naval facility. if you look at cuba, guantanamo is -- i might say, described as strategically positioned to overlook both what is called the windward passage between the caribbean and the atlantic, it's also fairly straight shot from guantanamo down to the panama canal, which of course theodore roosevelt intended to build. and perhaps equally important, cuba could provide easy access to one of our major ports, the port of louisiana, or you might call it the port of new orleans. and i think at various times there was concern that if the soviets were two, during the cold war, going to take over guantanamo, the port of ne
government, which of course talk about on january 1, 1959, guantanamo was viewed by both washington and havana with concern. castro believed that a u.s. invasion might begin at guantanamo. at various times, particularly during the cuban missile crisis, washington feared that the cubans with soviet encouragement and possible assistance might attack the base. there was also concern that if the united states ever decided to leave guantanamo, that it might become a soviet naval facility. if you...
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[applause] >> each year, the washington center brings dozens of students to washington d.c. to experience the work of our government first can. this weekend, they discussed politics, government, and their futures. >> we are joined by the authors of "game change." i heard you had a list of things you thought would make news in this book. it has been out of here for some time now. what on the list are you surprised that? when john and i set out to write the book, we hope it would be interesting book to read an interesting story. but we were also going for breaking news because we thought there were things that were uncovered during the campaign. i will give you one. john will have others. sarah palin was picked by john mccain and people were shocked when it happened to that time, the campaign said that she had been on consideration for a long time and receive as much of a background check, so-called vetting, as any of the other people john mccain considered. there is skepticism about that at the time did not of the political journalism parade moved on and there were other thin
[applause] >> each year, the washington center brings dozens of students to washington d.c. to experience the work of our government first can. this weekend, they discussed politics, government, and their futures. >> we are joined by the authors of "game change." i heard you had a list of things you thought would make news in this book. it has been out of here for some time now. what on the list are you surprised that? when john and i set out to write the book, we hope it...
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we just wondered where washington's stance is on our steel mill. thank you. >> well, i was talking to your mayor about this. obviously he's a big advocate for manufacturing in the region. i do not have all the details in terms of what's happening at the steel mill at this moment. but what we've done is we've set up an office in the white house just focused on manufacturing, because it is my view that america's got to make things. [applause] not all the manufacturing jobs that have gone are going to come back. and if people tell you they are, that's just not true -- because a lot of that has moved to places where the wages are just much lower. and i know that some people say, well, then we should just set up tariffs so that folks can't ship them in. but these days the economy, the global economy is so interconnected that that's just not a practical solution. the solution is to find -- and i don't know the details of the steel mill here -- but i know that the ones that have been successful, they do what emc is doing as well, which is you find what's
we just wondered where washington's stance is on our steel mill. thank you. >> well, i was talking to your mayor about this. obviously he's a big advocate for manufacturing in the region. i do not have all the details in terms of what's happening at the steel mill at this moment. but what we've done is we've set up an office in the white house just focused on manufacturing, because it is my view that america's got to make things. [applause] not all the manufacturing jobs that have gone...
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it is just nice being out of washington. there are some nice people in washington. they can drive you crazy. am i wrong, sherry? [laughter] vilege of traveling across this country, talking with folks like you about the challenges you face in your own lives, and together as a nation. the single hardest thing about being is that it is harder for me to be able to do that these days. it did that give me wrong. you live above the store. i have a short commute. i see my children before they go to work. that makes everything so much better. but the truth is, being president is also a little confining. i cannot discuss to the barber shop or sit at the diner. this is part of the reason why i taken to the practice of reading 10 late tears on the 40,000 i get every night. that is just so that i can stay in touch. nothing beats in the day i can make an escape. come out here and spend a day - to visit plants like emc precision machining and the community college. a day with all of you. >> i love you. >> i love you back. thank you. [applause] >> let's be on this. -- honest. these
it is just nice being out of washington. there are some nice people in washington. they can drive you crazy. am i wrong, sherry? [laughter] vilege of traveling across this country, talking with folks like you about the challenges you face in your own lives, and together as a nation. the single hardest thing about being is that it is harder for me to be able to do that these days. it did that give me wrong. you live above the store. i have a short commute. i see my children before they go to...
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a lot of folks that are knowledgeable of the revolution and understand the role, people like washington and jefferson and such, but militarily speaking virginias role was gigantic and huge. even though when you look for battlefields and you look for key advance you don't find many except at the end and yorktown. nevertheless virginia served everywhere from canada all the way down to georgia on battlefields throughout and there were a huge part of their american army including out west so they play a crucial role in the war and, of course, in the revolutions and this is something in my research for other books i have been learning more about the revolution was in just the word from 1775 through 81 or so but also a lot of events that led up prior 276 days and virginia played a prior role in the opposition to policy in britain that led two ultimately combat in 1775 so we played a leading role politically speaking and, of course, militarily speaking. >> had to come up with the title for the book? >> the title was something i came across about five years ago when i was doing research on my f
a lot of folks that are knowledgeable of the revolution and understand the role, people like washington and jefferson and such, but militarily speaking virginias role was gigantic and huge. even though when you look for battlefields and you look for key advance you don't find many except at the end and yorktown. nevertheless virginia served everywhere from canada all the way down to georgia on battlefields throughout and there were a huge part of their american army including out west so they...
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it's always nice to get out of washington. there are some nice people in washington, but they can drive you crazy. am i wrong, sherod? for two years, i had the privilege of traveling across this country, talking with folks like you about the challenges you face in your own lives, and the challenges we all face together as a nation. people ask me this all the time. the single hardest thing about being president, is that it's harder for me to do that these days. it is harder to get out of the bubble. don't get me wrong. the white house is a wonderful place to work. you live above the store, which means i have a very short commute. i see my daughters before they go to school, and i see them at night for dinner, even if i have to go back down to the office, and that makes everything so much better. but the truth is, this job is a little confining. and that is frustrating. i can't just go to the barber shop or visit the diner. so, i appreciate the chance to come out here and spend a day - to visit plants like emc nothing beats a da
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washington can't get the lay-up. on are they od t by otsoe. have fun playi bball. >> bob: entertaining to watwatc. right rethe bounds play. a dunk and flus when there is a switch, you got totay th them. then in the eabr guard to guard, flying in the stratosphere. bledsoe. wa, sond inheation in noonly a they aletic but they're unlfish as well when they get in the open floor, boy, thearey tough. >> eric: the largest lead of the day. fortson falls to the deck. twbloco d shoton tt ssespoon alone. >bob:yes.wall who got it? niner ten for the game. >> eric: wall looking for someone to be open. dari milr is. bob: he likes the leftide of t flor. made two fro theeft side and airballe o fnero them rit coecorn. kentucky. o breakor 30 arkansas misseall ght shots in the second lf. hance to miss neo there as they turn it over. >>: heikesob the right also! [ cheers andpplae ] >>ric: eaybe you weren't pressed with 18-0 record to the game but you'd be kentucky playing fantastic basketball! eric:entu ky preparing themselves to comebehe number one ranketeamd n th
washington can't get the lay-up. on are they od t by otsoe. have fun playi bball. >> bob: entertaining to watwatc. right rethe bounds play. a dunk and flus when there is a switch, you got totay th them. then in the eabr guard to guard, flying in the stratosphere. bledsoe. wa, sond inheation in noonly a they aletic but they're unlfish as well when they get in the open floor, boy, thearey tough. >> eric: the largest lead of the day. fortson falls to the deck. twbloco d shoton tt...
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thanks for coming to washington. [applause] >> thank you so much. ... well, i was trained as an anthropologist, as a matter of fact, you might say, i am the very model of a modern anthropologist. ♪ i am the very model of a modern anthropologist, a link quits, andest nighties. ♪ ♪ indeed i know what to do to exercise an evil eye ♪ or shout a rating cry ♪ ♪ when i can slash a jungle to the ground ♪ ♪ you'll say a better anthropologist has never been found ♪ ♪ ♪ i can tell a from castings ♪ . ♪ ♪ ♪ i have excavated pyramid ♪ ♪ palaces and tombs ♪ i'm up on tribal law and economic anthropology ♪ ♪ in fact, when i know what is meant by coolerring ♪ ♪ sociobiology, he knows he's met a man who really knows his anthropology ♪ ♪ if fact when i know what is meant by cooler ring ♪ seto biology, he's met a man that knows his anthropology ♪ thank you very much. [applause] >> now, we're going to talk about mr. darwin. and the image that i had when i was a lad of darwin was this sort of aloof, intellectual, distant f
thanks for coming to washington. [applause] >> thank you so much. ... well, i was trained as an anthropologist, as a matter of fact, you might say, i am the very model of a modern anthropologist. ♪ i am the very model of a modern anthropologist, a link quits, andest nighties. ♪ ♪ indeed i know what to do to exercise an evil eye ♪ or shout a rating cry ♪ ♪ when i can slash a jungle to the ground ♪ ♪ you'll say a better anthropologist has never been found ♪ ♪ ♪ i can...
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archbishop of washington at the ordinary of this diocese here. [cheers and applause] crp programs. this is live on c-span. but the same firms have recorded a record profits and are handing out lavish bonuses. some continue to follow reckless compensation practices. this is because we have been irresponsible corporate coacher where american ceos are awarded large bonuses and a generous stock options even when their companies performed poorly. this has been typical in the past 25 years. the total real compensation of ceos grew sixfold in this time. the case against the pay of american ceos looks even more powerful by recognizing that the typical american company receives -- american company had received more total compensation that the company head of most developed countries. clearly, american ceos are being rewarded over ceos elsewhere, even when per-capita income of the countries do not differ much. recent headlines have focused on financial firms, we cannot ignore other sectors. in fact, the five ceos all outside of finance or recently named the highest paid worst performers. the
archbishop of washington at the ordinary of this diocese here. [cheers and applause] crp programs. this is live on c-span. but the same firms have recorded a record profits and are handing out lavish bonuses. some continue to follow reckless compensation practices. this is because we have been irresponsible corporate coacher where american ceos are awarded large bonuses and a generous stock options even when their companies performed poorly. this has been typical in the past 25 years. the total...
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it's all over washington. we write books about the tipping point. i call it cascadology. it's still there. so the fact that it's been disproven repeatedly for decades, for half a century doesn't seem to have slowed very many people down. okay. part of this which i already sort of discussed but let me go into it a little bit more is the issue about building a nuclear weapon if you're a country. the economic and organizational costs of fabricating a nuclear arsenal can be monumental. and a failure to appreciate has head to overestimations of a country's ability to do so. when you look at various countries as a number of people have done, what you find is once they get into it it's really hard to do. i mean, it took pakistan 28 years to develop a nuclear capacity. and they went into it saying we're going to get it even if we have to eat grass. in other words they realized it would be really costly. finally they made enough sacrifices and they're able to come up with the weapons. and, of course, pakistan is a pretty sophisticated country technologically and it took them a lon
it's all over washington. we write books about the tipping point. i call it cascadology. it's still there. so the fact that it's been disproven repeatedly for decades, for half a century doesn't seem to have slowed very many people down. okay. part of this which i already sort of discussed but let me go into it a little bit more is the issue about building a nuclear weapon if you're a country. the economic and organizational costs of fabricating a nuclear arsenal can be monumental. and a...
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s kermit washington saw the flash from the corner of his eye and instinct lively swung a fist. tomjanovich hit the floor. his face shattered by the punch. the incident caused the nba to significantly alter its rules against fighting. >>> ozzy smith was famous for his brilliant defense. but he was not known for his power at the plate. in fact the switch hitting shortstop had never before hit a home run while batting left-handed in the bigs. that is until the 1985 nlcs. >> smith courts one in the right down the line. it may go. go crazy, folks. go crazy! it's a home run. the cardinals have won the game by the score of 3-2. home run! >> smith's improbable home run won the game and helped propel the card to the 1985 world series. >>> a famous comedian once said, i went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out. on a board with as much hostility as hockey, it would take a lot to shock the average fan. >> knocks him brashear isown on the i brace, aprecaution. here? myspace.com and "the best damn shorts show." check it out. >>> we now return to "the best damn shocking mom
s kermit washington saw the flash from the corner of his eye and instinct lively swung a fist. tomjanovich hit the floor. his face shattered by the punch. the incident caused the nba to significantly alter its rules against fighting. >>> ozzy smith was famous for his brilliant defense. but he was not known for his power at the plate. in fact the switch hitting shortstop had never before hit a home run while batting left-handed in the bigs. that is until the 1985 nlcs. >> smith...
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the pilgrims on the beach at plymouth, washington of valley forge. but those great leaders discovered through their dogged determination to do what was right that god brings deliver in some sometimes from very strange quarters. we saw an example this week of the same thing. the socialized medicine bill was a big threat to life and deliverance came from a strange corner indeed, massachusetts. [cheering] you all have that same quality of being here year after year. thank you. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> roscoe bartlett from maryland. maryland, where are you? thank you. are we in powered by massachusetts? [cheering] yes, okay. i've been here since 92 and every year you keep coming and coming. thank you for inspiring us. and each year the polls show more and more americans are pro-life. there is a god. ultimate victory is ours. keep on keeping on. god bless you. [cheers and applause] >> my name is joseph cao and live from louisianan. [cheers and applause] and i am very proud to be pro-life, and i want everyone to repeat after me, i am pro-lif
the pilgrims on the beach at plymouth, washington of valley forge. but those great leaders discovered through their dogged determination to do what was right that god brings deliver in some sometimes from very strange quarters. we saw an example this week of the same thing. the socialized medicine bill was a big threat to life and deliverance came from a strange corner indeed, massachusetts. [cheering] you all have that same quality of being here year after year. thank you. god bless you....